Commercial, corporate and M&A in Finland

‘High-quality international team with significant experience from M&A across the board.’

‘In complex deals, W&C can be depended on in delivering high-quality legal services.’

‘Janko Lindros is an efficient team leader and has successfully provided us a seamless cross-border service. He is also very knowledgeable and skilful in his field and a hard negotiator.’

‘The team is dedicated, well organized and respectful of deadlines. The team stands out especially with its outstanding co-ordination on transactional matters. As a client, we appreciate the stability of the relationship built with the team. A long-term client relationship has been an advantage to the client.’

‘Ilkka Perheentupa is an extremely versatile and knowledgeable M&A lawyer. He understands the client’s needs and offers excellent availability and responsiveness. His knowledge of our business sector and the related legal framework is very much appreciated.’

‘Smart, capable, fast, commercial.’

‘Mathias Lindqvist is experienced and commercially strong lawyer. He is fast in responding and good to work with.’

‘Henrikki Tahkokallio is a rising star. Very smart and capable and strong combination in big picture and detailed execution.’

‘Ulf-Henrik Kull is one of the most experienced M&A lawyers in Finland and excels with private equity clients.’

‘Very client-minded team that scales up and down easily depending on client needs.’

‘Practical and business oriented approach with excellent price/quality mix.’

‘Big picture and fundamentals without forgetting attention to key details.‘

‘Strong local insights and network, as well as international perspective.’

‘Deep insight and a calm, measured approach to risk.’

‘Solid international/cross-border M&A capability including excellent W&I insurance knowledge.’

‘We use Borenius on a regular basis in our PE M&A transactions because we are pleased with its way of working and taking care of their customers. The co-operation is straightforward and smooth, and we can trust time estimates.‘

‘Highly business oriented pragmatic problem solvers, with impeccable substance knowledge well beyond the regular required dimension.’

‘Nella Åström is extremely effective, competent, resourceful, creative and fun to work with.’

‘A trusted service-minded attitude putting the client first in all circumstances.’

‘Riikka Rannikko is a highly appreciated practitioner who is very reliable and solution-oriented.’

‘The team has diverse competencies which complement each other. The quality is always high irrespective of people working with a specific matter. So it is very easy to trust that the result is always correct.’

‘Riikka Rannikko stands out clearly. She has exceptionally wide knowledge of different practise areas and can give advice on a general level without gathering eg 5 partners to the same meeting. Her availability and engagement is on very high level and she can be approached usually within a couple of hours. Her approach is pragmatic so any next steps to be identified is very easy.‘

‘Senior partner involvement with strong support from the team, availability and commitment to provide best possible service. Creativity in solving complex issues.’

‘I find their M&A team as “best in class” in Finland. Very knowledgeable and professional.‘

‘Sten Olsson is a pleasure to work with. He is always available and skilful at finding the necessary resources for us.’

‘Very flexible, professional and nice-to-work team who really cares your matter.‘

‘Very hands-on approach, always there, very capable in providing quality legal advice. Sami Martola and Jenni Teurokoski are the best talents we have worked with in the legal industry in Finland.’

‘Creative, efficient and reliable team.’

‘Krogerus are able to include Finnish top-tier experts on every subject area and bring them up to speed quickly for project specific matters.‘

‘Marcus Möller is one of the most commercially-minded lawyers in town.‘

‘Antti Ihamuotila is an extremely experienced lawyer with expertise from both ECM and M&A.’

‘Roschier’s key strength is overall high quality of the work and attention to details. I have worked with them multiple times and they very rarely make any mistakes – a quality that I view as important in legal matters.’

‘All individuals I have worked with have showed great availability and an attitude to go the extra mile to make sure we get the best possible outcome and meet tight deadlines.’

‘Jon Unnérus stands out for legal skills in combination with a commercial mindset.’

‘The cooperation with Roschier was seamless and very well organized. We made a huge capital market transaction and we needed the best team in Finland with broad international experience. Roschier acted as our adviser in a very critical role and in many ways enabling the transaction and managing risks related. We highly appreciate also being able to spar on strategic topics.’

‘Partner Jouni Salmi acted as our main lawyer from Roschier. Experience, strategic view and vision makes him stand out from the others.’

‘Pleasant co-operation with the team. Focus on essential while fixing also the details.’

‘The team is very easy to approach, very helpful and has good expertise.’

‘Pauliina Tenhunen is extremely helpful, a real expert and nice to work with.’

‘The firm’s commitment guarantees work is carried out by or with the review of partners thus ensuring expert input and good quality. The previous notwithstanding, they also stand out for their availability to provide a prompt answer when required for the transaction to keep pace.’

‘Juha Väyrynen has deep knowledge of M&A practice and market standard and has cold mind and stiff upper lip ability to overcome difficult negotiations.’

‘They provide a consistently high level of service throughout our work with the team on all aspects of the deal and continue to provide valuable support going forward.’

‘We have been very impressed with the quality of the whole team we work with but I would like to mention Carola Lindholm and Yanhuan Zhou whose tireless dedication and commitment was very much appreciated and made a significant difference on our recent deal.’

‘Antti Säiläkivi is a brilliant lawyer – very innovative and dynamic, always up for the client.’

‘HPP are incredibly commercial, pragmatic and sensible. They give clear and easy to understand advice, which is direct and to the point. Their written and spoken English is exceptional. As a client who is based outside Finland (in the UK) I could not be more impressed with both their level of service and the quality of the advice they give and the manner in which it is given. I have instructed many law firms over the years where English is not their first language, and none have come close to the legal advice received from HPP.’

‘Andrew (Andy) Cotton and Joska Rytkönen in the Corporate/M&A team are exceptionally talented lawyers. They led on a recent acquisition for us and they gave such sound and sensible advice. They respond very quickly, turn things around quickly while also giving proper consideration to the issues. They do not take points for the sake of it, and are pragmatic and commercially minded. They offer sensible solutions to reach agreement on open issues. They were available 24/7 and always with a positive attitude and constructive approach and manner.’

‘Andrew Cotton – Demonstrates outstanding commercial acumen. Gets to know the client’s business, commercial desires and risk appetite within a short time and is therefore able to drive deals through speedily and prudently.’

‘Wide range and quality of deep understanding of customers needs.’

‘Responsible leader and the team were true customer servers.’

‘Strong local knowledge combined with international network/capabilities.’

‘Experienced hands-on senior people with strong judgement and availability.’

‘They are really customer oriented and always actively try to find solutions that are optimal considering the customer’s business. Great value for money.’

‘Excellent skills/knowledge/attitude. Always highly solution oriented not only raising problems. Great flexibility and willingness to serve customers when ever there is need. Also, many competitors are only after the most lucrative deals/work but DLA and Ilkka Liljeroos offer true partnership in any customer needs.’

‘The team was extremely efficient, concentrating on the relevant topics in a time critical project.’

‘Ilkka Liljeroos is a business minded, proactive lawyer, capable of coming up with solutions which address the fundamental issues the customer has and which are acceptable also to the counter party. While being the partner representative in the team, he is also very much hands on and driving the negotiations in the right direction.’

‘Very hands-on team with great business focused mindset. The team is truly on your side and takes your issues as they would be their own.’

‘Growing team of professionals with low-key attitude. Can receive support from a global same branded network.’

‘To the point style. Very easy to communicate with.’

‘Good knowledge of our needs and business. Very flexible team and help is always available.’

‘Valuable knowledge and sensitivity to technology. International-minded, professional and serious interaction with senior people.’

‘Strong sense of business. Constructive and smart approach to find solutions. Very good reactivity.’

‘The team is very well balanced in terms of complementary areas of expertise and provides a holistic view on the clients’ situation at hand.’

‘The team is very hardworking, co-operative and accurate. I appreciate also the creativeness of this team. Eversheds is providing great all-around support when needed.’

‘Well-synchronized team, working proactive and independently.’

‘Johan Wesander is really knowledgeable, responsive and solution-oriented.’

‘Skilful, multi-talented team. No matter the problem or its character, solutions have always been found.’

‘Friendly, business-orientated individuals who swiftly adapt the problems or questions risen.’

‘Truly business minded, gives for a good diversity and subject matter knowledge. It’s not just legal advice, it’s business savviness.’

‘I have used Mäkitalo’s team twice in a transaction and I appreciate their legal expertise and especially their support in negotiations prior to agreements. They have been able to get my goals to be part of the agreements.‘

‘I have mainly worked with Jani Rantanen who has a great understanding of business aspects of the transactions and has helped me greatly in achieving our business goals. Jani is a great support in negotiations, well articulated, firm and professional.’

‘All meetings ware purposeful and efficient. Team had excellent resources, capabilities and very close collaboration with corporate finance M&A team. Approach from KPMG team was very analytical and commercial, providing excellent value for us.’

‘Juha Koivula had excellent expertise combined with pragmatic and commercially focused approach to finding solutions and driving things forward.’

‘The KPMG team has a wide range of knowledge in M&A, Corporate law and commercial law. Their reachability is excellent always.’

‘The KPMG team were able to navigate the transaction very smoothly. They had a good grasp of both commercial and legal points and were very effective in negotiating.’

‘The corporate finance team at KPMG Finland showed great sector knowledge about the particular vertical we were transacting in. The team were pragmatic during negotiation of transaction documents that allowed a swift resolution of the transactions whilst ensuring key terms remained favourable for the client.’

‘Kai Soini is very capable in his sector. Knows a lot of commercial transactions.‘

‘Very responsive and technically strong.’

‘Ismo Hentula always makes himself available and is a very trusted business adviser.’

‘Competent and has good team members.’

‘Extremely friendly, easy to approach and reach out. Fast responses even outside office hours. Seem to care about the cases and clients. Personal involvement.’

‘Petri Kyllönen & Pia Tanskanen are both incredibly hard-working and very involved in the details of a transaction. They are very experienced, and they know all the ways that a transaction can develop. On a personal level they are really easy to work with, very enjoyable and very committed to the individual case.’

‘Petri Kyllönen has extensive deal execution experience and early on in the process he is able to identify the most relevant key issues for the client and focus on delivering the best overall solution. Partner Pia Tanskanen is able to organise and run a smooth legal process to support the deal in the best possible way.’